Lawn swing



.1; J. KEOGH Nov. 2 192s.

LAWN SWING Filed Nov. 10, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet Patented Nov. 2, 1926.

UNITED STATES JOHN J. KEOGI-I, or BRADFORD, 01:10.

LAWN SWING.

Application filed November 10, 1925. Serial No. 68,177.

This invention relates to lawn swings and has for a particular object thereof the provision of a lawn swing which may be readily assembled or disassembled forshipment or storage.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which may be readily converted from a swing to a bed or cradle.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which may be very cheaply and readily produced and at the same time solidly constructed.

These and other objects I attain by the construction. shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred embodiment of my invention and wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation of a swing constructed in accordance with my invention, the removable section being shown as displaced;

Figure 2 is a section on the line 22 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a perspective of the removable section;

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view through the swing with the removable section in position;

Figure 5 is a plan view of the swing with the removable section in position;

Figure 6 is a section on the line 6-6 of Figure 5.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, the numeral 10 indicates side members of a base 11, each side member having arising therefrom adjacent each end thereof a vertical support 12, the upper end of which is surmounted by a casting 13 having a central semi-circular notch in its upper surface, as indicated at 14, and the base further includes transverse members 15 connecting the ends of the side members 10, these transverse members each having tenons 16 for engagement in mortise 17 formed in the side members. The side members are held in assembled relation to the end members by means of removable transversely extending bolts 18 directed through the side members adjacent each end member 15. This base further includes a removable slatted foot board 19 of such length that it is held against longitudinal movement by engagement of its end slat members with adjacent faces of the posts 12. Transverse movement is prevented by battens 17 securing the slat members to one another and casting 13 at the upper ends of the posts 12.

A yoke support 23 is provided comprising a Ushaped member, the bight 24 of which is of slightly greater width than the width of the platform 20 and the arms 25 of which have at their upper ends out-turned hori- 'zontal portions 26. These horizontal portions rest in the notches 14.- of the bearings 13 while the bight portion extends through the notches 14B of the castings 13 thus support ing the platform for swinging movement.

Secured to each end of the platform is a seat structure 27 including a seat bottom 28 and side arms 29. Adjacent edges of the side arms are vertically disposed in their lower portions and beveled at their upper portions, as indicated at 30. A supplemental section 31 is provided including girders 32 of such length that they will extend between and rest at their opposite ends upon the seat bottoms 28 immediately adjacent the inner faces of the side arms. To these girders are secured bottom elements or slats 33 and side members 34. The side members 34: are each of a length to extend between adjacent faces of the associated side arms at the vertical portions thereof and have each at their upper ends an extension adapted to overlie and rest upon the beveled portion 30 of the side armsso that these side members are actually supported from the side arms which are, in turn, supported from the platform. depth to enable them to be secured not only to the girders 32 but likewise to the bottom slats 33, thus tying the central structure together very firmly and reinforcing these bottom members in their attachment to the girders.

The girders 32 extend beyond the ends of the side members 34 and said extended portions are beveled inwardly, as at 32, from their junction with the side walls 34 to the inner marginal portions thereof. The outer ends of the end battens 28' of the seat bottoms 28 aresimilarly beveled, as at 28 in Figure 5, with which the beveled ends of the girders 32 have close contact when the The side members are of sufficient supplemental section 31 is in applied position. This particular arrangement in connection with the beveled portions hereinbefore referred to results in the section 31 being maintained effectively in applied position.

The section above described may be inserted or removed at will, converting the device from a swing to a bed or cradle. It will be noted that in shipping the device, the

entire swing may be lifted from the yokes,

the bottom platform removed and in fact the entire base resolved into its component parts so that these parts may be readily packedfor shipment or storage. This latter feature is an important item in that it enables a swing of this character to be readily stored in a cellar Where it will be out of the way during those periods of the year when not in use and destruction by the elements consequently considerably retarded.

Since the construction hereinbefore set forth isobviously capable of a certain range of change and modification without materially departing from the spirit of the invention, I do not limit myself to such specific structure except as hereinafter claimed.

I claim In combination with a pair of Opposed seat structures including side arms having the upper portions of their forward extremities beveled, each of said seat structures having a seat bottom provided with end battens, the forward extremities of which being beveled, a supplemental section including side members having the upper portions of their ends beveled to engage from above the beveled portions of the arms of the seat structures, girders secured to the lower portions of the side members of the section and extending beyond the ends thereof, the eX- tended portions of the girders resting on the seat bottoms, said extended portions being beveled for close contact with the beveled portions of the battens of the seat structures, and a bottom for the section interposed between the side members thereof.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature.

JOHN J. KEOGH. 

